From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 14 02:57:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A2316A417 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:57:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD4A643D67 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:57:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kAE2vRQg025973 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:57:27 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.101] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kAE2vNDr022227 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:57:26 -0800 Message-ID: <4559307D.1070301@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:57:01 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060929) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <454E9F7B.5010105@outstep.com> <454EB6D6.3030807@infowest.com> <454EBEEC.1060002@u.washington.edu> <454F210C.9000602@outstep.com> <004001c70706$0d571ec0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <62104DC1-8AD2-41E1-B469-51CAC91A8D8B@mac.com> <455915BA.9090300@infowest.com> <45592A1C.3020705@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <45592A1C.3020705@u.washington.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2006.11.13.184433 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __LINES_OF_YELLING 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: [OT] A+ for Mac (was Re: MAC OS X connection to FreeBSD?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:57:29 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Garrett Cooper wrote: > Lorin Lund wrote: >>>> The biggest problem with MacOS X is that a lot of UNIX software that >>>> runs on FreeBSD and such, is not ported to MacOSX, and it's very >>>> difficult to compile on MacOSX. >>> This is completely wrong. Take a look at macports [1] (formerly >>> darwinports) for a large repository of UNIX software that compiles >>> very cleanly on OSX. It's nearly 7 years since OSX shipped to the >>> public. In that time, most opensource software was updated to compile >>> cleanly on OSX. The primary changes to allow this were to the >>> "configure" scripts so they recognize darwin as a base OS. If other >>> patches were necessary, most software maintainers accepted these >>> patches back into their trunk. >>> >>> OSX has excellent support for most UNIX software. >>> >>> cr >>> >>> [1] macports.org >> In trying to compile A+ (see aplusdev.org) I had a few problems getting >> it compiled >> for FreeBSD (Because the A+ code was using the wrong macro to identify >> FreeBSD) >> But my efforts to compile the latest version for OS X.3 PPC have brought >> out errors >> that look like compiler errors. > >> In my view porting to the MAC is harder (though I very much wish it >> weren't) > > I'll give porting it a shot. The majority of the stuff I have on my > iBook is setup with fink, but I'll see if I can give it a go without the > fink binaries involved.. > -Garrett > You do realize that there is an OSX binary at the 2/3 of the way down the download page, do you not? - -Garrett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFWTB96CkrZkzMC68RAudFAJ953qQojolSRRHHqlgkDAg4rttZOgCeM0IC Mq3URy3OiVo6VR8KJ9/2nQU= =qCyj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----